Method of branding.



No. 65279L Y Patented lulyv'3, |900.

H. vH.l LEVY. METHOD FBRANDING.

(Application med oct. ao, 1699. (N9 Model.)

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METHOD OF BRANDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,791, dated July 3, 1900- Applicatiou tiled `October 30,

To all whom it may ogn/cern:

zen of the United States of America, and a resident of Baltimore city, in the Strate of Maryland, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements in Methods ot' Branding, of which the following is a specification. 4 V

My invention relates to improvements in the methods ot' branding characters, as disclosed in my application for a branding-machine Iiled May 10, 1899, Serial No. 716,327; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a new method for indelibly marking soft material, and, secondly, to provide a method for indelibly marking material without marring the face of said material. Iattain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the machine, showing the levers in'full. Fig. 2 is a front view of the clamping and spacing mechanism. plate to which are fastened the characters. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the plunger counter or platen. Fig. 5 is ay sectional view of Fig. 4, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The handle l is attached to the main lever 2, which is pivoted by the pin 3 in the frame 4 of the machine and is connected by the pin 5 to the link 6, which is connected at one end by the pin 7 to the lever 10. This lever 10, held by the spring 22 normally in position for operating, is pivoted in the hanger 38 by the pin 12 and is attached at its other end 13 to the plunger counter or platen 19 by means of pin 14. Lever 10 is also connected by pin 8 to one end of spacing-lever 11, which is pivoted by pin 9 in the hanger 39. The other end of spacing-lever 11 is connected by pin 16 to one end of rocking lever 15. ing lever 15 is attached at its other end by pin 15' to ratchet-lever 17, which is pivoted by stud 36 to the frame 4fand carries the pawl 18, pivoted by pin OV to operate the ratchet 37 in the spacing-drum 37 The pawl is made to catch the teeth of the ratchet by Spring 55.

The spacing-drum 37 rotates on the stud Fig. 3 is a top View of the rotatable This rock-r 1899., :serial No. 735,218. du model.)

` Y f andis secured thereto vby the nut and lock- Be it known that I, HEIMAN'H. LEVY, a citif hut 35.v The Vgas-'cock 24'serves to regulate the fuel tothe Bunsen'burner 20 under the shield 21, which prevents the'tlame from coming in contact'wi'th the material to be branded. The ame from the burner is made to enter a recess 44 in the plunger platen or counter,'and at the top of this recess 44 is an opening 2', which serves both as a tine for the burned gases and to modify the effect of the iiame.

In the center of the frame 4is a post 22, on which rotates the die-plate 27, carrying the dies 23. This die-plate is held steady and prevented from rising off said post 22 by the cross-bar 26, which is secured to the frame 4 by the steady-pin 25 and to the post 22 by the nut 28 on the screw 29. On top of said crossbar and near the front of the machine is a trunnion 32, supporting an eccentric cam 30, pivoted by pin 31, which operates to hold the knurled wheels 34, Xed to lever 33, off of the spacingdrum 37. Lever 33 is pivoted in cross-bar 26 by the pin 33 and is provided with a spring 3 to normally keep the knurled wheels 34 upon the spacing-drum 37. Spring 22 serves to hold lever 10 normally in position for operating plunger counter or platen 19.

The top or visible surface of the die-plate 27 is marked 50, so as to indicate the character of the die directly underneath, and the pointer 5l accurately shows when the die is directly over the plunger counter or platen. To operate the machine, the eccentric cam 30 is Vthrown forward, raising the knurled wheels 34, attached to lever 33, off the spacing-drum 37. This enables the material to belinserted between the die-plate 27 and the plunger-counter 19. The eccentric cam 30 is then released, when the spring 3 will force the knurled wheels 34 to clamp the material upon the spacing-drum 37 The gas has previously been turned on at cock 24 and ignited at the Bunsen burner 20, and after the plunger platen or counter is hot the handle l is` depressed, causing the main lever 2, by means IOO 17 and the pawl 18 one space farther up in l(he ratchet 37 in the spacing-drum 37. Pressure being removed from the handle 1, spring 22 returns the plunger-platen to its normal position, at the same time operating through levers 10 1l 15 17 to rotate the spacing-drum 37' one space forward. This process may be repeated as many times as the number of characters to be branded.

It will be seen that my method consists in applying heat to the surface opposite that to be seen that the surface of the material on which the character is branded does not come in contact with the heated portion of the branding device.

I do not wish to limit myself to the special construction shown and may use other means for heating the platen or counter.

I am aware that it is common to brand material by heating the die; but this I do not broadly claim.

f Vhat I claim, and desire Letters Patent or, 1s-

1. The method of branding, consisting of applying heat to the surface of the material opposite to that on which the die is applied, substantially as described.

2. The method for branding, consisting of compressing the material between a die and a heated counter, substantially as described.

Signed by lne at Baltimore, Maryland, this 27th day of October, A. D. 1899.

' HEIMAN H. LEVY.

Witnesses:

J. A. I-IILLEARY, J r.,

BENJ. F. SIMoNs. 

